Texas swimmer Hubert Kós describes why his NCAA 100 backstroke felt different than the Olympics—less pressure, more team meaning—and calls it his best reaction and his favorite race ever. And then ...

Murphy won the men’s 200 meter backstroke final with a time of 1:56.06. “That was good,” he admitted. “It is nice coming back here and getting in some racing. For me, tonight, I wanted to swim it a ...

To no one's surprise, Ryan Murphy won the men's 200-meter backstroke event on day six of the U.S. trials. Murphy placed first with a time of 1:54.33, surpassing Keaton Jones by 28 seconds, who claimed ...

Smoliga won the women’s 100 meter backstroke race with a time of 59.49 seconds in a very stacked field. Regan Smith finished in second place clocking 59.50 seconds, and Kathleen Baker came in third ...

One day after winning a bronze medal in the women's 50-metre freestyle race, Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., claimed silver in the women's 100m backstroke race, at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup ...

As the second stroke to be contested at the Olympics, backstroke is often said to be the inverse of freestyle. Backstroke made its debut at the 1900 Olympic Games, where only the 200-meter race was ...

Palos Heights-native Ryan Murphy is looking to add more Olympic gold to his collection, but he faces a critical test Sunday in Paris as he looks to make history. Murphy will compete in the semifinals ...

At the 2024 U.S. trials, Regan Smith set a new world record in 100-meter backstroke in long course. “I spent the last two years and a half being this close to it. I knew I was good enough that I had ...

Midway through the first day of finals at the AP Race International Meet, Lauren Cox produced a British record in the 50-meter backstroke. Touching the wall in 27.15 at the London Aquatic Centre, the ...